There’s a new tennis title rallying for your interest, and we hope with all our soul that it’s good. Matchpoint: Tennis Championships has a PlayStation 5 and PS4 release date: 7th July, 2022. That’s just at the very tail-end of Wimbledon, just prior to the finals weekend, so it couldn’t be better timed.
One person you’ll probably be sick of by then is Tim Henman, who will presumably be part of the BBC’s commentary team. He’ll be a playable pro in the Legends Edition of the game, alongside Tommy Haas. Those who pocket the Legends Edition will also get a digital wallpaper and the title’s original soundtrack. The standard edition retails for £44.99, with the Legends Edition costing £47.99, so it’s not too much of a premium.
“The upcoming tennis simulator is set to serve up a thrilling gameplay experience and features true-to-life ball physics, sophisticated character animations, and unprecedented player control,” the press release teases. “Players will experience what it takes to become a true tennis legend, whether that’s rallying against friends or working their way to the top in the game’s deep career mode and unique merit-based ranking system.”
If you’re confident, you can pre-order the title from the PS Store right now, with a 10 per cent discount for PS Plus subscribers. Thought exercise: how many coaches will US Open champion Emma Raducanu have fired by the time this drops?
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Who remembers Matchpoint on the ZX Spectrum?
Really random legends considering that you normally get people like Connors, McEnroe, Becker etc! Hoping for more players from that era like Roddick, Hewitt etc.
That's a name I haven't heard in a long time...
Henman Hill. Before the moles made it Murray Mound
Whoa wait a sec, these animations remind me of Virtua Tennis... is this a new VT in disguise?? Japanese or Western devs?
I still play the first "Top Spin" on the original Xbox from time to time. Best tennis game ever made.
@JB_Whiting Australian dev is making it.
Keep the serve and volley style going Henman! One of my favorite players of all time!
Virtua Tennis is still the greatest tennis game of all time. Keep the dreamcast around to fire that up from time to time
Looks like all the other recent janky tennis games released.
Love the Virtua Tennis games (very arcade) but Top Spin is a lot more deeper. The first game rocked on the kinda new Xbox Live.
Played this demo on Steam which is not bad but not spectacular either (graphics & gameplay).
But it would be lit if they brought a tennis game with all the legends, male & female!
Still play VT on the PSP
@Wiggo I do but I never played it though.
Ahh yes Tim Herman the Player everyone named a hill after despite him never winning the Title but he was such a nice person though.
VT2 on PS Vita is still the best tennis game on mobile. Hope it’s good
@twenty90seven got it in one mate, it just looks like carbon copies of recent games and how bad players move like robots - delayed stuttery reactions and all. I'll play a demo if there is one and most likely confirm how bad it'll be.
Remember Arcade Tennis games? be cool to see someone try that.
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